RETURNING TO THE GAME OF BRIDGE AFTER A PERIOD AWAY FROM THE GAME
You haven’t played for quite a while and apart from being a bit rusty the bridge world may have moved on with new conventions and systems in play. You feel that beginners’ lessons are not necessary but nevertheless you feel you need a bit of help to get that bridge brain working again and to get up to date.
The following clubs offer refresher courses and/or supervised play sessions that should be ideal for you:
ABBEY SMITH BC (at Little Horwood, Bucks) - see website www.bridgewebs.com/abbeysmith/ - or e-mail Abbey at abbeybridgelessons@hotmail.co.uk
BLEWBURY BC - social duplicate sessions with expert advice available on three Fridays out of four from Autumn to Early Summer - contact Tina Hollick at tina@hassle.org.uk
BRIDGE IN OXFORD - Jonathan Davis, a regular member of the Oxfordshire county teams, and author of the bestselling book Learn Bridge In A Weekend, teaches all 11 of Andrew Robson’s bridge courses, ideal for all abilites and experience, incuidng those returning to the game. Visit the Bridge In Oxford website (https://arb-oxf.uk) or email arb.oxford@gmail.com for more details.
BUCKNELLBRIDGE - Charlie Bucknell, international bridge player and teacher is offering frequent refresher courses and private tuition to help those returning to bridge after a break in the Lockdown. He'd be delighted to hear from you (bucknellbridge@gmail.com, 07889284580)
KINGS SUTTON BC - see website www.bridgewebs.com/kingssutton/ or ring Ken Langdon on 07850 616069
OXFORD BRIDGE CLUB – offers a range of sessions for people returning to bridge. Supervised Play is on Thursday evenings at 7.15pm click here, and Social Bridge, click here for more information, is on Saturday afternoons at 2.30; during these sessions an experienced player is on hand to help with questions about bidding or play. Three Gentle Duplicate sessions for less experienced players are run each week click link for more information.
WALLINGFORD BC - see website www.bridgewebs.com/wallingford/ where you can either send an e-mail to enquire about bridge lessons or contact Joan Bennett, joanmbennett@hotmail.co.uk, 01491 579795, 07548 782 538
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